The School Board of Sanborn Central School District 55-5 met in regular session on Monday, January 13, 2025, at 7:02 p.m. in the Sanborn Central library with the following present: Mark Goral, Peggy Hinker, Emma Klaas, and Gary Spelbring Jr. Others present were Superintendent Corey Flatten, Elementary/Middle School Principal Connie Vermeulen and Business Manager Gayle Bechen. Absent: Curtis Adams.

The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Visitors to Board Meeting: Representative of the SCEA: Susan Farrell-Poncelet and Power Lifting representative: Caleb Kneen.

Motion by Klaas, seconded by Hinker, all aye, to approve the agenda as amended. Add motion 65-2024/2025. Motion to approve the resolution to oppose school voucher proposal. Change executive session to 66-2024/2025.  

Motion by Hinker, seconded by Spelbring, all aye, to approve the minutes of the regular board meeting on December 9, 2024, as printed.

Motion by Spelbring, seconded by Klaas, all aye, to approve the Financial reports and bills.   

General Fund balance, December 1, 2024: $1,145,053.58. Receipts: taxes $51,750.18, penalties/interest $481.60, interest $668.13, other-pupil $31.50, other $131.25, state fines $793.21, state aid December $92,498.00, ESSER III learning loss $1,054.00, Title I $5,988.00, reimburse 1/3 football expenses $6,268.10. Expenditures: $221,617.27, manual journal entry $2,100.68.  Balance, December 31, 2024: $1,080,999.60. CorTrust Savings balance, December 1, 2024: $51,183.91. Receipts: interest $64.51. Expenditures: $0.00.  Balance, December 31, 2024: $51,248.42. CDs $50,000.00. Cash box $505.00.

Capital Outlay Fund balance, December 1, 2024: $522,730.33. Receipts: taxes $9,265.21, penalties/interest $86.80, interest $335.12, premier equipment $2,000.00.  Expenditures: $1,011.83. Balance, December 31, 2024: $533,405.63. CDs $350,000.00.

Special Education Fund balance, December 1, 2024: $182,887.06. Receipts: taxes $5,552.47, penalties/interest $52.03, interest $103.65. Expenditures: $23,321.36, manual journal entry/voided check $289.77. Balance, December 31, 2024: $164,984.08. CDs $250,000.00.

Food Service Fund balance, December 1, 2024: ($11,019.95). Receipts: student meals $7,407.95, adult meals $215.35, ala carte $3,984.70, federal reimbursement $4,469.28. Expenditures: $18,758.89. Balance, December 31, 2024: ($13,701.56).

Enterprise Fund balance, December 1, 2024: ($1,171.15). Receipts: tuition $1,950.00. Expenditures: $4,607.60. Balance, December 31, 2024: ($3,828.75).

Custodial Funds balance, December 1, 2024: $89,458.21. Receipts: $2,157.74. Expenditures: $19,060.32. Balance, December 31, 2024: $72,555.63.

Scholarship Fund balance, December 1, 2024: $5,767.65. Receipts: interest $1.28. Expenditures: $0.00. Balance, December 31, 2024: $5,768.93. Peters Scholarship balance: $5,768.93; Nelson Scholarship balance: $0.00.

Salaries and benefits for the month of January 2025 were as follows: 

General Fund: $179,052.75; 

Special Education: $22,847.39; 

Food Service: $11,382.42;

Enterprise Fund: $4,607.60.

Claims approved: GENERAL FUND – A-Ox Welding Supply, cylinder rent $40.05; American Solutions for Business, AED batteries and pads $1,135.07; Athletic Performance Solutions, recoat gym floor – August $2,700.00; Automatic Building Controls Inc., annual fire alarm system check $551.00, batteries $64.00; Best Western Ramkota Hotel, CTE conference room $396.00; Capital One, PBIS store supply $27.48, Superintendent gratitude card $504.94; CarQuest, bus supply $1,004.77; Central Electric, November electricity $957.04, December electricity $4,021.75; Chesterman, pop $45.33; Clayton’s Repair, bus service $211.96; Cole Paper, janitor supply $895.60; Compass (TIE), membership dues 2024-25 $800.00; CorTrust visa, air card $55.00, air card sports $35.00, middle school supply $30.00, high school supply $40.00, PBIS gift cards $25.00; County Fair, inservice food $64.16; Eternal Security Products, remove/install new camera $227.06; Fenworks, esports 2024-25 participant fees $1,000.00; Graves It Solutions, online back up one year $300.00; 

[IMPREST: Jay Bigge, two junior high boys basketball referee/two junior high girls basketball referee $140.00; Cortrust, state oral interp rooms and gas $396.85, inservice food $72.00; Brent Olson, inservice speaker $250.00; Sanborn Central School, state oral interp meal money $90.00]; 

Jaymar Business Forms, tax forms $69.10; Josten’s, Inc., middle school diploma covers $68.10; K&D Busing, doubleheader basketball charter bus $990.00; Menards, ag shop student projects $721.83, bus supply $37.92, janitor supply $20.38; Midwest Fire & Safety, kitchen hood suppression inspection $277.00, supply $82.50; Performance Foodservice, janitor supply $95.61; Petty Cash, elementary postage $7.30; Pomps Tire Service, bus tires $508.20; Premier Equipment, bus service $296.89; Public Health Laboratory, two water tests $30.00; Sanborn Central Food Service, back to school meal $420.08, November/December lunch supervisor food $249.55; Sanborn Weekly Journal, board proceedings $85.89; Santel Communications, phone/fax $233.51, esports tech $50.00; Sportboardz, football record updates $35.25; USI Education & Government Sales, laminating film rolls $529.35. 

CAPITAL OUTLAY Fund — A&B Business, copier lease $1,011.83; Curtis Adams, labor shed footings $540.00, supplies for forms $150.00; Menards, polebarn material returns  ($100.00).

SPECIAL EDUCATION Fund – Compass, membership dues $200.00; Kelly McClane, services mileage $58.96.

FOOD SERVICE Fund – Cole Paper, supply $53.29; Laura Conrad, food $24.00; Darrington Water Conditioning, December SS tank $34.00; East Side Jersey Dairy, milk $564.63;

[IMPREST: Woony Foods, food $23.10];

Laura Licht, food $16.00; Tina Luthi, milk $20.30, supply $10.62; Performance Foodservice, food $3,668.11, ala carte $139.79, supply $173.88, COVID Fruits and Vegetable $125.55.

ENTERPRISE Fund – None.

Superintendent Flatten reported on the following: 

• Report Cards were handed out on Wednesday, January 8th. 

• January 14th, the sophomores and juniors will travel to C & W Welding and tour Dimock Dairy in the morning. 

• Lonny and Kelsey waxed the hallways and commons over break. 

• Winter sports are in full swing. E-Sports will be having a live event on January 14th in Woonsocket. 

• The WWSSC football program will unveil its new mascot. All three schools voted to be the Bucks. 

• Mr. Flatten is working on next year’s calendar and will go through the school’s calendar committee. 

• The Food Service program is preparing for a review.                    

Middle School/Elementary Principal Vermeulen reported on: 

• Mrs. Gassman will be taking the eighth grade students to Wagner on January 16th to attend the career fair. 

• Mrs. Vermeulen will be attending the Legislative Delegate Assembly in Pierre on February 4th. 

• Mrs. Olson-VanWinkle is on maternity leave. Due to the fact that Mrs. Vermeulen could not find a long-term sub, the school is filling her position internally. 

• Logan Hetland is on maternity leave. Jenni Greenway is her sub.

• No school on January 20th – Martin Luther King Day. 

• Due to no school on December 20th, the elementary parties were held on January 6th. 

• A second round of PBIS expectation training was held for all elementary students on January 7th. 

• Teachers in grades three through eight and 11 are administering Interim Tests in order to prepare for the upcoming SD ELA/Math/Science tests. The window for these tests is March 24th-May 2nd. 

Discussion Items: 

The board discussed the upcoming legislative session proposed education bills, including voucher funding. Beef to School Committee meeting held on January 8th findings were discussed. The decision to move ahead with the program was decided. The ordering of weight equipment accessory plate holder was decided after a presentation by Caleb Kneen on behalf of the powerlifting team.

Old Business: None. 

New Business:

Motion by Klaas, seconded by Hinker, all aye, to set the date for the 2025 School Board Election as Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in the Sanborn Central School building, and they discussed officials.

Motion by Hinker, seconded by Spelbring, all aye, to approve the purchase of an updated rideable floor scrubber for the cost of $4,500.00 after trade-in. 

Motion by Spelbring, seconded by Klaas, all aye, to approve the transfer of funds from General Fund to the Food Service Fund in the amount of $50,000.00.

Motion by Klaas, seconded by Hinker, all aye, to approve the transfer of funds from General Fund to the Enterprise Fund in the amount of $30,000.00.

Motion by Spelbring, seconded by Klaas, all aye, to approve the Resolution to Oppose School Voucher proposal.

Motion by Klaas, seconded by Hinker, all aye, to approve an executive session SDCL 1-25-2(1) to discuss personnel items and evaluate the superintendent with possible motions to follow at 7:43 p.m. Regular session resumed at 8:34 p.m.

The next regular Board meeting will be Monday, February 10, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanborn Central School Library.  

Motion by Hinker, seconded by Spelbring, all aye, to adjourn the meeting at 8:35 p.m.

Gayle Bechen

Business Manager

Mark Goral

Board Chair

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Sanborn County Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, January 21, at 9:00 a.m. with Auditor Kami Moody presiding. Present were Earl Hinricher, Gary Blindauer, and Duane Peterson. Jeff Ebersdorfer and Steve Larson were absent. Auditor Moody appointed Commissioner Blindauer to conduct the meeting in the absence of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman. Motion by Hinricher, seconded by Peterson, to approve the minutes from the January 7 meeting, as presented. Motion carried.  Motion by Peterson, seconded by Hinricher to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried.

CITIZENS INPUT: 

No public was in attendance for input.

REPORTS AND BILLS: 

Motion by Peterson, seconded by Hinricher, to pay the following bills; motion carried:

Sanborn County Treasurer, Taxes in Trust $8,074.00

First National Bank, Tax Liability $2,653.22

Accounts Management, Employee Garnishment $43.50

Central Electric Co-op, Utilities $354.98

Santel Communications, Utilities $1,212.38

South Dakota Association of County Officials, Monthly Remittance $50.00

State Treasurer, Monthly Remittance $72,650.23

Tech Solutions, Tech Support $2,329.98

Town, Townships & Schools, Monthly Remittance $64,864.47

First National Bank, Direct Deposit Fee $27.56

A-Ox Welding, Supplies $345.58

Amazon, Supplies $541.23

Beadle County Sheriff, Jail Fees $95.00

Bound Tree, Supplies $404.13

Brosz Engineering Inc., Dues $10,937.50

Tritech Software Systems, Dues $5,271.26

City of Woonsocket, Utilities $112.92

Dakota Counseling/Stepping Stones, Quarterly Support $625.00

Davison County Auditor, VSO – First Quarter $2,062.50

Department of Revenue, Sales Tax $42.29

Express 2, Fuel $111.33

First National Bank Omaha, Supplies $506.12

Hillyard/Sioux Falls, Car Wash $87.90

Innovative Office Solutions, Toner $715.48

KO’s Pro Service, Repairs $301.03

Mcleods Printing & Supply, Supplies $191.80

Menards, Supplies $258.25

Miner County Auditor, 911 Services $9,542.50

Robert Nelson, Medical for Indigent $51,075.72

NorthWestern Energy, Utilities $3,357.52

Office Peeps, Supplies $132.49

Pilcher Law Firm, LLC, Supplies $104.79

Planning & Development District III, 2025 Dues $15,317.00

Rob’s Auto Repair, Repairs $261.42

Safe Place of Eastern SD, Quarterly Remittance $825.00

Sanborn County Ambulance, Meals $32.69

Audra Scheel, Travel Expenses $125.96

Dina Shefner, Crushed Gravel $45,000.00

Sanborn Weekly Journal, Publishing $573.58

Ward Laboratories, INC., Testing Bottles $13.17

Woony Foods, Supplies $9.98

Xcel Energy, Utilities $390.22

HIGHWAY: 

Stacy Mendenhall and Sheri Kogel, Highway Department, met with the board. Motion by Peterson, seconded by Hinricher to sign the Bridge Reinspection Resolution with Brosz Engineering. Motion carried. Motion by Hinricher, seconded by Peterson, to sign the project agreement for project BRF 6215(00)23-2, PCN 09HF. Motion carried. 

TAMI ZIEBART, DIRECTOR OF EQUALIZATION

Motion by Peterson, seconded by Hinricher, to enter Board of Adjustment. Motion carried. 

Ziebart presented a variance for Fred Prien. By recommendation from the Planning & Zoning board, motion by Hinricher, seconded by Peterson, to approve the variance as presented for SW 1/4  14-105-60. Motion carried. 

Ziebart presented a variance for Sarah Senska. By recommendation from Planning & Zoning board, motion by Hinricher, seconded by Peterson, to approve the variance as presented for Lot 7 of North View Addition in Woonsocket. Motion carried. 

Blindauer declared back to Board of Commissioners. 

SDSU EXTENSION AGREEMENT 

Motion by Hinricher, seconded by Peterson, to enter into agreement with the SDSU Extension, for the fiscal year of 2025, for the state Extension Office position for a county share cost of $20,310. Motion carried. 

RESOLUTION 2025-1 

Motion by Hinricher, seconded by Peterson to sign resolution 2025-1. Motion carried. 

URGING THE SD LEGISLATURE TO PASS EMINENT DOMAIN REFORM PROHIBITING THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR PRIVATE GAIN

WHEREAS, the principle of eminent domain allows government entities to acquire private property for public use, with just compensation to property owners, as authorized by the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article VI, Section 13 of the South Dakota Constitution; and 

WHEREAS, the use of eminent domain is intended to serve public purposes such as infrastructure development, schools, roads, and utilities that benefit the general public; and 

WHEREAS, recent proposals in South Dakota have raised concerns regarding the use of eminent domain to transfer private property to for-profit entities or private developers for projects that primarily benefit private interests rather than the public at large; and 

WHEREAS, such use of eminent domain threatens the fundamental rights of property owners, undermines public trust, and raises questions about the fairness and necessity of such actions; and

WHEREAS, the Sanborn County Board of Commissioners supports the protection of private property rights and opposes the abuse of eminent domain powers for private economic gain;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Sanborn County, South Dakota, that the Board strongly urges the South Dakota Legislature to enact reforms to the state’s eminent domain laws to prohibit the use of eminent domain for private gain and to ensure that such powers are used solely for public purposes as defined by law; and 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board encourages the Legislature to establish clear and strict criteria for the application of eminent domain, safeguarding the rights of property owners and reinforcing public accountability; and 

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Sanborn County Board of Commissioners directs the Auditor to transmit copies of this resolution to all members of the South Dakota Legislature, the Office of the Governor, and other relevant stakeholders. 

Passed and enacted this 21st day of January 2025.

/s/ Gary Blindauer, 

Sanborn County 

Commissioner

ATTEST:

/s/ Kami Moody, 

Auditor

OTHER BUSINESS BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD: 

A notice of Air Quality Operating Permit from the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources was presented to the board for review.

Motion by Hinricher, seconded by Peterson to enter executive session at 11:33 a.m., for legal advice. Motion carried. Blindauer declared end of executive session at 11:44 a.m. 

There being no further business before the board, motion by Peterson, seconded by Hinricher, to adjourn the meeting at 11:59 a.m. Motion carried. 

The next regular scheduled meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.                                                                                                                                          

Kami Moody

Sanborn County Auditor

Gary Blindauer

Appointed, 

Chairman of the Board, 

Sanborn County         

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